Scavenger Hunt
Think about the three domains of development: biosocial or
physical, cognitive and psychosocial and how they propel growth
throughout our lives.
Choose only ONE stage of development: Infancy/Toddler (birth to 2
years); Early Childhood (3 to 6 years) or School Age (6 to 12
years).
Hunt for 2 items that promote the growth and development in each of
the three domains: Biosocial, Cognitive and Psychosocial.
Justify/explain why you chose each item. Specify how it fosters
development in the domain you have identified it is compatible to.
Use small cards and type at least 3 skills that each item help to
develop.
It is important that each chosen item it is age appropriate for the
stage of development you identified and it is also appropriate for
the domain of development.
Materials
Choose items in good repair and in a working condition. The standard is:" what would you like to receive as a gift on your birthday ?"
Write clear skills appropriate for each item. Identify the age group and the 2 items for each domain.
In: Nursing
write out how proteins are synthesized. (Hint: Transcription + Translation). write the process of transporting exogenous and endogenous lipids in the blood.
In: Nursing
How is FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) an integral part of healthcare administration?
In: Nursing
Read the article that you will find entitled “The experience of nurses working with nursing students in a hospital: a phenomenological investigation.” Give a brief summary about the research study. Select one of the mid-range nursing theorists that can be used as the theoretical framework of the study and justify your answer. You must include at least two paragraphs in your analysis.
Objective:
This article explores the experiences of nurses working with
Spanish nursing students in a hospital.
Methods:
a qualitative phenomenological approach and a convenience sample
were used. Twenty-two nurses belonging to a public hospital in
Spain were included in the study. The data were collected through
unstructured and semi-structured interviews, and analyzed using
Giorgi's proposal. The Consolidated Criteria for Qualitative
Research Reports were followed.
Results:
Three main themes describe the experience of nurses: "The
relationship of the nurse with the nursing students" Most nurses
emphasize the importance of the first contact with the students and
consider that the attitude of the students is essential. "The
definition of the role of the student in clinical practice"; it is
necessary to unify the role and interventions of the nurse to avoid
misguiding the students and to establish priorities in clinical
practice. "Build bridges between clinical environments and the
University"; the need to establish common ground and connections
between the university and the hospital's clinical services was
emphasized. Nurses think that the educational program should also
be designed by the clinical services.
Conclusions:
Understanding the meanings of female nursing students with nurses
can provide a deeper insight into their expectations.
Descriptors: Nursing Education; Hospitals; Students in Nursing;
Qualitative research
In: Nursing
Mrs. C., an independent, 96-year-old woman, has a history of rehospitalization because of atrial fibrillation resulting from CHF and hypertension.
After her most recent hospitalization, Mrs. C. was treated and released into home care at an agency in Washington. A home telemonitoring system that tracks and transmits patients’ vital signs was placed in her home. The primary goal of placing this patient on the telemonitor was to provide daily monitoring of her condition, thereby avoiding unnecessary rehospitalizations.
One morning, Mrs. C.’s telenurse detected an alarmingly low oxygen saturation level in the patient’s transmitted data. In response, the nurse telephoned Mrs. C. and asked her to retake her oxygen reading. The reading was confirmed and the telenurse contacted the patient’s physician, who requested immediate transportation of the patient to the hospital emergency room. Medics were called and Mrs. C. was taken to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism.
The prompt response resulted from early detection and timely intervention enabled by the home telehealth equipment and a home health nurse’s oversight. One notable fact in this case is that although the primary goal of monitoring patients is to avoid unnecessary hospitalization, in this case the hospitalization was necessary for the patient as a result of her elevated blood pressure and compromised oxygen saturation levels. The patient was still asymptomatic at the time of detection. However, the telehealth intervention and subsequent hospitalization allowed for the embolism to be treated before any serious damage occurred.
Under the traditional home care model, this patient might have been seen by a nurse only two to three times per week, and the clinician does not have knowledge of the patient’s condition in between visits. However, having vital patient data tracked and transmitted daily allowed for rapid response that resulted in a positive outcome, perhaps a life-saving intervention for this patient.
In: Nursing
what are environmental causes for phenykeytonuria
(PKU) during pregnancy
2. postal causes for PKU?
please there are two separate questions
In: Nursing
In: Nursing
Case Study
Michael O’Malley, age 49, lives in Staten Island, New York, with his wife, Sharon. He has been a New York City police office for 25 years. The O’Malleys have two sons, 20 and 16 years of age, and a daughter, 18 years of age. Mr. O’Malley has always taken pride in the fact that he is athletic, working out 3 days a week at the gym and playing softball in the police league. Overall, Mr. O’Malley is physically fit. However, despite his exercise routine, he continues to smoke two packs of cigarettes a day and drinks several beers on the weekends when he is off duty. He weighs 220 pounds, is 72 inches tall, and has a BMI of 29.8. Mr. O’Malley thrives while working the midnight shift; in fact, he prefers it. For many years while his children were small, working the night shift made it possible for him to attend school plays, baseball games, and other activities in which his children were involved. He adapted to working this shift, and even now, when his children are nearly grown, he continues to work the midnight shift. He typically relies on fast food for lunch during his work hours.
His wife, a nurse at a hospital near their home, works on the orthopedic unit. She enjoys her work and often works extra shifts to help defray the costs of college for their oldest son. Mr. O’Malley also frequently works overtime, leaving very little time for the two of them as a couple. As an officer with the NYPD, Mr. O’Malley was an emergency responder to the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. He quickly sprinted up several floors of the north tower before being called to evacuate because the south tower had collapsed. He developed a chronic cough from dust exposure during the collapse, but over the course of several years, the cough dissipated. Happy to be alive when many of his fellow officers had perished, he did not complain about his cough and never sought medical treatment.
Mr. O’Malley is called to the scene of a domestic dispute. On arrival at the scene, he notices that the wife had several fresh bruises to her face and what appear to be fingerprints around her neck.She states that her husband has just left but said he would be back.Out of the corner of his eye, Mr. O’Malley notices an adult male running from the scene, and he gives chase. He runs after the subject for several blocks, finally catching up to him in a dead-end alley. Although trapped, the man fights with Mr. O’Malley, who has called for backup. After several minutes of intense wrestling, Mr. O’Malley finally succeeds in restraining the subject just as backup arrives.
About 30 minutes later, while filling out paperwork, Mr. O’Malley begins to feel a fullness in his chest, followed by pressure and tightness. He gets dizzy, stands up, and falls to the ground. Another officer present in the office feels for a pulse, but there is none. CPR is started, and when the paramedics arrive, Mr. O’Malley is defibrillated, and sinus rhythm is restored. He is taken to the emergency department and then the cardiac catheterization lab. A stent is placed in his left anterior descending artery. A pulmonary artery catheter is placed, after which the cardiac output is 3.5 and the cardiac index is 1.5. An intra-aortic balloon pump is placed, and milrinone, a phosphodiesterase 3 inhibitor used to treat HF, is started.
Over the course of the next several days, Mr. O’Malley’s condition stabilizes. The balloon pump is weaned and removed. An echocardiogram reveals an EF of 25%, and lisinopril, which is an ACE inhibitor, and carvedilol, which is a beta blocker, are started. Mr. O’Malley is eventually weaned off the milrinone. His EF remains low, less than 30%. An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator is placed for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death. Mr. O’Malley is discharged home after 7 days.
Mr. O’Malley elects to retire on medical disability from his job, which has been his identity for many years. At first, many of his fellow officers come by frequently to visit, but after a few months, the visits become few and far between. Mr. O’Malley stops smoking and no longer drinks alcohol on weekends. He attends a cardiac rehabilitation program for 3 months and then begins a self-directed exercise program. He learns his medications and monitors his weight, blood pressure, and pulse rate. Mrs. O’Malley continues to work full time and continues to pick up extra shifts, since Mr. O’Malley’s retirement and disability benefits do not cover the loss of his salary. Mr. O’Malley soon begins to experience depression and isolation, and after not smoking for several months, he begins smoking again. He gradually stops exercising and begins to gain weight.
A year later, Mr. O’Malley notices that his pants are getting tighter and tighter and his shoes no longer fit as well as they did. He complains to his wife that he has no energy and wonders whether he is coming down with a cold or the flu. Then he begins to wake up in the middle of the night gasping for breath. He develops lower extremity edema and progressively more fatigue. He goes to see his cardiologist, who performs an echocardiogram.
Mr. O’Malley’s EF is now 15%. Mr. O’Malley is admitted to the hospital for diuresis and medication titration. A pulmonary artery catheter is inserted. His pulmonary artery pressures are elevated, and his CO is decreased. He is again placed on milrinone, and aggressive diuresis is begun.
Mrs. O’Malley is worried. She requests family medical leave from her employer and calls their oldest son home from college. She spends a lot of time at the hospital and feels a sense of impending doom about the future, with good reason. The reports from Mr. O’Malley’s doctors are not good, and every day seems to bring another obstacle to be overcome. Mr. O’Malley suffers some kidney failure following diuresis. His milrinone is increased, and his renal function stabilizes. Once his fluid status has improved, attempts to wean the balloon pump are unsuccessful. The injury to his lungs suffered during the September 11 attacks is now apparent, and a pulmonary workup is performed. Ultimately, it is decided that he requires placement of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD).
The LVAD surgery is successful, and Mr. O’Malley recuperates quickly. Still unable to work, he begins to cook and help more with the housework. He volunteers at the local library, reading to preschool-age children. He suffers a few complications related to the LVAD, including a driveline infection. He has regular visits with the LVAD team, and things are going well for a change. After 6 months, his care team decides that Mr. O’Malley is now a candidate for heart transplantation. His pulmonary function has improved, and he has stopped smoking. He is listed for a donor heart and receives his transplant 2 months later.
Answer the following questions in 2-3 sentences.
1. What was the initial cardiac injury that Mr. O’Malley suffered?
2. What are three habits that Mr. O’Malley has that can negatively affect his heart?
3. What type of HF is Mr. O’Malley experiencing, and what can cause it?
4. What are some of the factors that may have caused Mr. O’Malley to experience systolic HF?
5. Mr. O’Malley was started on a medication regimen and had what surgical intervention to prevent sudden cardiac death?
6. What are a few self-care activities that Mr. O’Malley did to decrease exacerbations?
7. What is one complication that Mr. O’Malley faced after receiving the LVAD?
8. What two events occurred that allowed Mr. O’Malley to be placed on a donor list for a heart transplant?
In: Nursing
Current hospital practice after the birth of a child is to place it with the mother and/or father for a reasonable amount of time. But it wasn't always that way. For a while, babies were whisked away moments after birth and put in the incubator room where they could be kept "safe" and monitored. This unfortunately affected maternal bonding with infants and decreased maternal commitment to the infant's care in some cases. Use principles of evolutionary psychology to explain why this might be predicted. (Hint: consider parallels with male vs female post-natal investment in children)
Menopause seems like it violates evolutionary theory. If we are supposed to maximize reproduction, how would cutting off the ability to reproduce accomplish that? Use the concept of inclusive fitness as a way out of that apparent paradox. Why would menopause become more likely the older a woman becomes (assuming reproductive life histories that would have been the norm over most of human evolutionary history)?
In many species, males have excess reproductive capacity relative to females (if we consider investment per offspring by each sex). Competition between males for access to female reproduction is often given as a reason why the males of many species also tend to be bigger (or more colourful, or more ornate singers) than females. So what's up with phalaropes? Explain in terms of evolutionary principles.
Milly, Molly, and Mandy are identical triplets in their 60s who experienced complicated births and had neurological problems shortly afterward. One of them underwent surgery that severed her corpus callosum. Another had a hemispherectomy; one side of her cortex was removed. The third recovered without treatment. They would like to know who had what operation, but their mother refuses to tell them and the hospital records have been lost. They have heard that you know something about psychology, but all you have is the ability to perform some basic tests and to use a simple EEG unit from your meditation practice (sensors on the forehead and just behind the ears). Devise some tests to figure out who had what procedure.
You recently had your corpus callosum severed in an attempt to control epilepsy (sorry). If I show an image of a parrot in your left visual field, how might you be able to respond in a way that would show that you recognize it as a clarinet? How would you likely not be able to respond? How might it be different if I showed an image of a pen? Explain. How might it be different if you had the operation when you were 2 years old? Explain.
In: Nursing
In: Nursing
What is the treatment, control, and prevention for Hep A?
In: Nursing
Medication templates, epinephrine, expected pharmacological action, therapeutic use, complications, medication administration, contraindications,nursing interventions, interaction, client education, and evaluation of medication effectiveness
In: Nursing
A five-year-old male patient was admitted to the hospital with a severe acute infection of the ethmoid sinuses. The patient has had a history of sinus infections. At three years of age, the patient had been diagnosed with a pneumonia infection, but did not have an increased level of white blood cells. Presently, the patient was treated with antibiotics and his antibodies against streptolysin O, an antigen from streptococci, were measured. The patient had no antibodies against SLO, and his IgG levels were low, IgA were undetectable, and his IgM levels were elevated. A biopsy was done of a lymph node and no secondary follicles or germinal centers were found. The patient was given a DPT vaccination, and no antibodies against the tetanus toxoid were generated as a result. When the patient’s cells were analyzed by flow cytometry, his CD19+ B cells stained positive for surface IgM and IgD, but not IgA or IgG. His T cells were isolated and stimulated in the lab with phorbol ester and ionomycin, but they did not bind CD40. There was no family history of susceptibility to infection. What deficiency does this patient suffer from?
In: Nursing
In: Nursing